The Chakras
C. W. Leadbeater · 1927
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About the book
The little monograph that gave the West its picture of the chakras — seven spinning force-centres, described by a man who claimed to watch them at work. Leadbeater's coloured plates and plain prose fixed the image so firmly that every poster since is quoting him.
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Part 1 · Wheels in a body you cannot see. The first six slides, free.
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Chakra is the Sanskrit word for a wheel, and like the English word it rolls into bigger meanings. We speak of the wheel of fate; a Buddhist calls the Buddha's first sermon the turning of the wheel of the Law.
Leadbeater narrows it to one very particular use. For him a chakra is one of a series of wheel-like vortices spinning in the surface of something he calls the etheric double.
Notice what he does not say. He does not say a chakra is the heart, a gland or a knot of nerves, and he does not say it is only a symbol. He says it is a thing that turns, in a layer of you that ordinary eyes miss, and this little book is built on taking that claim literally.
Inside the course
12 parts- The force-centres: what a chakra is said to beFree above
- Where the seven sit, from root to crown
- The forces that flow through them
- The absorption of vitality
Questions
Is The Chakras free to read in Astra Trainer?
Yes. The full book opens free in the app’s reader, in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
What is the short course?
12 short parts that walk through the book’s key ideas in slides, each with a quick quiz. The first six slides are free to try on this page.
Where do I get the app?
Astra Trainer is free on the App Store and Google Play. The Chakras is waiting in the app’s library.
